Tejgaon police arrested Shahriar Kabir, president of the Advisory Council of the 1971 Ghatak- Dalal Nirmul Committee.
On Monday (September 16) night, he was arrested from his home at Banani in the capital.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Tejgaon Police Station Mubarak Hossain confirmed the arrest.
He said there is a case against Shahriar Kabir. He has been arrested in that case. He will be produced in court on Tuesday (September 17).
Shahriar Kabir was born in 1950 in Feni district. He was a student of Bangla Department of Dhaka University. He helped write inspirational manuscripts and poems for the Freedom Fighters, which were later played on Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
In January 1992, 101 people formed the Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee of ‘71. The committee called for the prosecution of those who committed crimes against humanity in collaboration with the Pakistan Army during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence.
In 1995, Shahriar Kabir received the Bangla Academy Literary Award.